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Milk banks facing “unprecedented” shortage

A while back I interviewed Pauline Sakamoto, director of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, on the Motherlove Blog. She talked about the increase in demand for donor milk over the last ten years, and how milk banks sometimes struggle to meet the demand.

But recently, as hospitals have rapidly been changing their policies to make donor milk the standard of care for  preterm babies under certain gestational ages and weights, the rate of increase has become even steeper.

Read more-The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog

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